Rammstein · Sehnsucht · song 5
Du hast tuning.
Du hast (Rammstein, 1997) is in E Standard, about 5 cents sharp (A ≈ 441), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Measured by TuneLit
5 ¢ sharp
Measured on this song itself: Tune moves every string +5 ¢.
Rammstein · Sehnsucht · 1997
About Du hast
Du hast is the fifth track on Sehnsucht (1997) and one of Rammstein's best-known songs. Songsterr and Ultimate Guitar tab it in E Standard. The guitar part is a short, hard figure on the A and D strings around the 2nd fret, with a slide down from the 7th fret into it, and between the hits the keyboard line and the vocal carry the song.
TuneLit measured Sehnsucht about 5 ¢ sharp (A ≈ 441.3), the sharpest Rammstein album, so Tune sets the tuner 5 ¢ up. On a single note you would barely notice, but on the long held chords of the chorus a guitar at plain A 440 starts to sound slightly flat. TuneLit's semitone check from the audio agrees that E is the lowest open string.
The open low E is hardly needed, which is why many players learn Du hast in Drop D, the tuning of most of the album: the shapes on the A and D strings are the same in both tunings. If you play Sehnsucht from start to finish, staying in Drop D for this song saves a retune. What decides whether it sounds like the record is the right hand, because the silences between the hits have to be as exact as the hits themselves.
Tip: Tune String 5 against the record first: the riff lives on the A and D strings, and the low E barely matters.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, every string +5 ¢, the notes Du hast was recorded in.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Du hast sits 5 cents sharp on the record: at A 440 your guitar would sound that much flat against it, which Tune already corrects.
- Then play Du hast along with the record: its lowest open note and your String 6 should ring together without a wobble.
Or the other way round
Move the record into your tuning
Rather keep your guitar as it is? Let Play along move Du hast instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in E Standard +5 ¢. Choose E Standard at A 440 and Du hast moves down 5 cents, at its own speed. Slow it down or loop a few bars to learn it, and save the result as a WAV file.
Questions
What tuning is Du hast in?
E Standard +5 ¢: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.